The Horde/Alliance were at war between Cata and MoP, but the conflict only barely started to touch Pandaria after our arrival there. The Horde & Alliance had clear presence in Jade Forest, and smaller expeditionary presences in Krasarang Wilds, but beyond that we were just getting involved in local matters, including the raids.

Then, after we helped defeat the Sha of Fear, Garrosh & Varian arrived with the full fleets, and kicked off this current storyline of Garrosh's Horde seeking conquest & power and the Alliance seeking to block them. It would be odd to suddenly put all that on hold to go and deal with local stuff again (the Thunder King). There has to be a reason for Horde and Alliance leaders to let their heroes go off after these Mogu.

I'd hope the storyline leading us into a definitive "Garrosh must die" moment would not be entirely done through the mini-patches and quest content - that they'd have it tied to the raid storylines too.

Consecration: Consecrates the land beneath you, causing [927 old] 8,226 (new) Holy damage over 9 sec to enemies who enter the area.Eternal Flame: The heal over time is increased by 100% if used on the Paladin. Hand of Purity: Places a Hand on the friendly target, [reducing the damage of harmful periodic effects by 70% for 6 sec (old)] damage taken by 10% and damage from harmful periodic effects by an additional 70% for 6 sec.

And giving hand of purity a lot more utility. Eternal flame change must be trying to actually make it a choice you may actually want... not sure how that'll work out though. At least it looks like the HOT may heal for more than SS absorbs?

Reading official notes right now for my Shaman... Seems they're completely rebalancing the top two tiers of talents, and it's almost certain based on the changes that they're doing this to make Enhancement switch from always using Unleash/Echo.